Garment



1. BARNETT. GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1918.

1,349,359. Patented A g. 10,1920.

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ATry5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB I. BARNETT, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB I. BARNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to a separable shirt sleeve. The cuff portion and elbow of the sleeve of a shirt often become worn out or torn, while the body of the garment is yet sound, or they become too soiled for wear while the body of the garment is yet sufficiently clean for continued wear. This is especially true in cases where the wearer works Without a coat, and is engaged in work which involves contact with dirt or mud or grease, or which subjects the clothes to rough usage. Soldiers in the trenches or in other places at the front, much of the time dispense with their coats, and the shirt sleeves are particularly subjected to rough treatment. i I

One object of the invention is to produce a shirt sleeve which is readily separable at some point below the shoulder, preferably between the elbow and the shoulders so that the lower portion may be detached to be repaired or washed and then re-attached or when worn out it may be removed and replaced by a new one.

Another object of the invention is to make the separable portion reversible so that it may be turned the other side out and be finished on both faces and provided with fastening devices on both faces so that it can be readily used either face out; thus enabling the wearer to quickly shift and make a presentable appearance when the shirt sleeves have become badly soiled on one face, if occasion arises when it is important that he should present a neat appearance but has no opportunity to change his shirt. If the sleeves are fitted as rights and lofts then when they are turned inside out the one which has been attached to the right side should be used on the left, and vice versa.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A119, 1Q 1920 Application filed November 18, 1918..

Serial No. 262,984.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a sleeve embodying the invention, showing the separable lower portion attached to the upper portion of a right hand sleeve.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the upper sleeve portion.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the separable lower sleeve portion.

Fig. 4 shows the separable sleeve section of Fig. 3 turned, the other side out.

Figs. 5 and 6 are details of the snap fasteners.

In the drawings, 1 represents a portion of the body of a shirt having a short upper sleeve portion 2, permanently attached thereto in the usual manner by sewing. Preferably, the lower end of the said upper sleeve portion has a finished edge formed by folding it back for some distance, for instance preferably about two inches, forming a band which makes a double thickness to the sleeve the width of the band 3 and turning in the raw edge and seaming it down, as by stitches 4;. By reason of the doubled over portion it affords a strong backing for the fasteners, to be hereinafter described. It is formed with a finished side seam.

The separable lower sleeve portion 6 has a folded-in portion forming a band 7 at its upper end of sufficient width to form a good foundation for attachment of the fasteners and the raw edge is turned in and seamed down as by stitches 8, thus making a neat, finished appearance whichever face of the sleeve is outside.

Each overlap side edge is turned in so that there will be no raw edge whichever face of the sleeve is on the outside. One side edge has a fold 9, and the other side edge has a fold 10, thus giving a sort of beaded effect to the seam whichever one is on the outside.

On one side of the split at the wrist end of the sleeve there is a reinforce finishing portion 11 with rows of stitches 12, 12, and the other side edge of the split has secured thereto a portion 13 which is doubled to make a fold at the edge and the edge of the sleeve portion is embraced between the two thicknesses of the portion 13. The raw edges of the portion 13 are turned in and seamed down so as to make a finished face with an inside and outside.

The cuff 15 is formed two-ply and the lower end of the Wrist portion is inserted between the two plies, which are turned in and seamed down, forming a beadlike finish 16 on one side and at 17 on the other side.

One side of the cuff is provided with both a buttonhole and a button. The button hole 18 on one side edge cooperates with a button 19 on the other side edge. The button hole 20 cooperates with a button 21 on the opposite side edge. hen the cuff is buttoned up one button will be exposed, and the other button will be on the inside. This will be the case whether the sleeve is turned inside or not. On both faces at the upper end of the separable sleeve portion there are atfached a series of snap fastener mem' bers .22, and on the outer face of the band at the lower end of the upper sleeve portion there are attached a series of snap fastener members 23 which are located to cooperate with the snap fastener members 22 on either one of the faces of the band of the separable sleeve portion. The snap members 22 are of the same kind. on both faces of the band, that is, if the snap members :23 in the upper sleeve portion are female. the snap members '22 will all be male. The members on one face will be directly opposite the members 22 on the other face.

In the form of sleeve shown, the band. of the separable portion is intended to go over the outside of the band of the upper sleeve portion but it may be made to go inside instead, that being a matter of choice.

Preferably a patch 25 is sewed onto the separable sleeve to cover the portion which will be against the elbow to reinforce the sleeve at that point.

If the separable sleeve member is shaped with swell portion for the elbow then when the separable members are turned the other side out the one which was the right sleeve should go on the left and vice versa, so as to maintain the proper fitting. \Vhichever face is out will leave a finished effect throughout.

\Vhat I claim is-- 1. A shirt sleeve formed with a cuff having overlapping side edges, one of the overlapping sides being provided with a button on one face of the cuff near its edge, and the other overlapping side being provided with a button on the reverse face of the cuff near its edge, one of said buttons being nearer the outer end of the cuff than is the other button, a buttonhole near each side edge of the cuff, said buttonholes extending entirely through the cuff, one of said buttonholes being nearer the outer end of the cuff than is the other, one of said buttonholes being so located as to engage with one of the buttons when the sleeve is turned one side out, while the other button and buttonhole are both concealed, and said other button and buttonhole being exposed on the outer face and adapted to engage with each other when the cuff and sleeve are turned with the reverse side out, said first button and buttonhole then being concealed.

2. A shirt sleeve having a lower separable sleeve member provided with a cuff having overlapping side edges, each side edge of the cuff having both a buttonhole and a button, said buttonholes extending entirely through the cuff, one button being secured to one face of the cuff near one side edge and the other button being secured to the other face of the cuff near the opposite side edge, each button being positioned to engage with the buttonhole in the cooperating side edge of the cuff, one of the buttons when engaged with its buttonhole being exposed on the outside and the other button and buttonhole being concealed when the sleeve is turned one side out, and the other button being exposed and the first button and buttonhole being concealed when the sleeve member is turned the other side out.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

J .ACOB I. BARNETT. 

